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EU denounces Iran's jamming of satellite TV broadcasts

BRUSSELS (AFP) — The European Union on Wednesday denounced Iran's "deliberate jamming" of television and radio satellite broadcasts that deprive its citizens of access to free information, and called on Tehran to abide by global telecommunications laws.

"Since 2009, repeated waves of jamming have affected the signals of European satellites in the Middle East," EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement.

"Such jamming, whose origin has been traced to Iran in particular, are hammering the broadcast of international media on Iranian territory."